341: Chapter 341 Give Me One

Damn! The prestige for killing the Grand Shaman is actually the same as for Khan Jilun?

You should know, this guy was several times harder to kill than General Yelu Chuku. If I hadn't stepped into the Earth Immortal Realm, I might have really had to fight a long, bitter battle.

Lin Xiao cursed inwardly, but he was used to it; the system had always been stingy with prestige.

"Husband! How... how are you?"

"Are you injured?"

Mu Wanying and Zhao Caiwei only dared to approach now, looking at the man nervously.

Lin Xiao waved his hand. "I'm fine. Did I scare you just now?"

He also knew that in the state of One Thought of Buddha and Demon, his aura would be completely different.

The two women shook their heads; rather than being scared, they were more worried if he had suffered a Qi Deviation.

As for Lin Xiao successfully killing the Grand Shaman, they felt it was only natural and nothing to be surprised about.

The dust settled.

When the bodies of Khan Jilun and the Grand Shaman were laid out in the clearing outside the temple, the soldiers erupted in cheers.

Although the main army of the Northern Barbarians was still there, with Khan Jilun dead, the various tribes would inevitably fall into chaos.

For many years to come, they certainly wouldn't be able to pose any threat to Great Qian.

Princess Meng Xi walked over, followed by the Holy Maiden, whose expression was surprisingly calm.

"General Lin, according to the rules of Shamanism, if the Grand Shaman dies without appointing a successor, the Holy Maiden will directly succeed him."

"The Mobei Steppe is full of Shamanism believers. As the spokesperson of God, the Grand Shaman has immense influence. Could you spare the Holy Maiden's life and let her serve you, General Lin?"

Lin Xiao chuckled inwardly; Princess Meng Xi really knew how to seize an opportunity.

If he agreed to spare the Holy Maiden, then as the future Grand Shaman, she would essentially owe the princess a favor.

Getting something for nothing—she truly was a powerful woman of the Western Qiang.

Lin Xiao didn't reject such utilitarian women, but it was hard to like them much either.

"Holy Maiden, answer me. Before I entered the temple, why did you warn me that I would face 'Heavenly Condemnation'?"

Lin Xiao recalled that the Holy Maiden must have known the Huitian Great Method required living souls and human blood, so it was a trap.

As a disciple of Grand Shaman Akwota, she shouldn't have warned him.

If he had actually chosen to attack the temple alone, wouldn't she have become a "traitor"?

The Holy Maiden was stunned; everything was over, and she hadn't expected Lin Xiao to suddenly ask her this.

A hint of a blush appeared on her face as she answered honestly, "I don't really understand it myself, it's just... I didn't want you to die here."

"..."

Princess Meng Xi looked at the Holy Maiden in shock. Wait, sister!?

Beside them, Mu Wanying and Zhao Caiwei also exchanged complex looks, filled with a hint of confusion and helplessness.

Lin Xiao felt a bit embarrassed himself. If he'd known the Holy Maiden was so naive, he should have asked her privately. What a mess!

But since it had come to this, Lin Xiao could only brace himself and continue, "Have we met before?"

The Holy Maiden nodded. "I accompanied my adoptive father, Marshal Suhe, on the expedition to Baishui City."

Lin Xiao realized. Now he understood—she had witnessed his heroic presence on the battlefield!

They say steppe girls are straightforward; they say what's on their minds, no guessing required!

"I killed your master. Do you not hate me?"

The Holy Maiden looked dazed. "Why should I hate you? My master also wanted to kill you; he simply failed."

"Everything is the arrangement of God in the unseen. This is the will of the gods... God has chosen General Lin."

Looking at the devout expression on the Holy Maiden's exquisite face, Lin Xiao couldn't help but sigh. This religion thing... it really is useful sometimes!

Look at how brainwashed this little beauty is.

"Fine then. I didn't plan to completely wipe out Shamanism anyway. From now on, you will succeed as the Grand Shaman and continue to serve me!"

Lin Xiao was mainly worried that forcibly eliminating Shamanism would trigger fierce resistance.

Anyway, he only needed to control the upper echelons of Shamanism; if used well, it would only make ruling Mobei easier.

As for lusting after her beauty? How could that be?

"Yes, General Lin."

The Holy Maiden wasn't overly excited either. She had never feared death; both thunder and rain are the grace of God.

After sending a troop of cavalry to deliver messages and contact Lu Sanchuan and Zhao Yunting, Lin Xiao ordered the army to set up camp.

Next, he would definitely have to visit the Western Qiang to completely settle the area west of the Alimu Snow Mountain.

However, he would have to wait for Zhao Yunting to bring the main army over to consolidate things and establish the Dingbei Protectorate first.

After visiting the wounded soldiers and cremating the fallen brothers, night had already fallen.

Lin Xiao had no heart for rest because he had used Dragon Seeking and Point Locating once and discovered a very vigorous aura inside the temple.

He then re-entered the temple and came before a massive mural.

"General Lin? Why have you come here?"

Hearing the noise, the Holy Maiden slowly walked over.

She had already changed into a wide robe with a white background and gold patterns, which made her face look exceptionally exquisite and small, giving her a solemn and sacred air.

"On this mural... is that the 'Heavenly Palace'?"

Lin Xiao suddenly noticed that these murals seemed to depict stories of immortals bestowing various treasures upon mortals.

The Holy Maiden nodded. "Yes, these are stories of our Shamanism's first Grand Shaman receiving various wisdoms from the gods of the Heavenly Palace."

"It was the gods on the snow mountain who taught us writing, martial arts, herding, and herbal medicine, and bestowed life upon us..."

Lin Xiao was dismissive. The Five Great Sects of the Central Plains thought of those from the Heavenly Palace as Celestials.

But on the steppe, they had completely become gods.

But no matter what they were, anyone who could come up with the "Huitian Great Method" certainly wasn't a decent person.

"There's a secret room behind this mural, right? How do I get in?"

The Holy Maiden looked shocked. "How does General Lin know that behind this is the secret room of our successive Grand Shamans?"

"I just know." Lin Xiao didn't bother explaining much. "Open it quickly, or I'll smash this mural."

"Your arrival truly is the will of God..."

The Holy Maiden's eyes flickered, becoming even more convinced of her guess.

She hurried to a spot on the mural and pressed the eyes of several ferocious beasts in a specific sequence.

Soon, the mural slowly parted from the middle, revealing a passage.

Lin Xiao didn't stand on ceremony and walked straight in.

Seeing this, the Holy Maiden followed silently.

After descending a flight of stairs, Lin Xiao entered a dry cellar.

As air entered, lamps lit up.

In the dim light, Lin Xiao saw various high-grade equipment placed on shelves made of boxwood!

There were various steppe-style scimitars, bows, war hammers, and various armors, mostly mystic grade and above.

There were even a few Earth Grade ones!

Not only that, Lin Xiao also saw many pills. Although most were yellow grade, for the natives without a system, these were already rare items.

Gold, silver, and jewels, on the other hand, were nothing surprising.

After all, this was the accumulation of successive Grand Shamans, and it was quite substantial.

"I'm taking everything here. You won't stop me, will you?"

Lin Xiao was only a little bit of prestige away from reaching one hundred thousand to exchange for the second volume of the Zhu Xian Sword Formation, so he naturally wouldn't let such a treasure trove go.

Hearing this, the Holy Maiden didn't seem surprised. "Of course not, and besides, I couldn't stop you anyway."

Lin Xiao was about to tell her to leave so he could store the items, but then he heard the Holy Maiden change her tone...

"However, may I request one thing from General Lin?"

The Holy Maiden opened her clear eyes, her voice soft and carrying a hint of anticipation.

"What is it?"

Lin Xiao wondered if there was something with special meaning that she wanted to keep.

If it was just one or two items, it wouldn't matter much.

"General, could you bestow a child upon me?"

"..."